South Andaman Island
| South Andaman Island | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Andaman Islands | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 54 ' N , 92 ° 40' E | |
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| length | 93 km | |
| width | 31 km | |
| surface | 1 347.7 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Koiob 456.6 m |
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| Residents | 181,949 (2001) 135 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Port Blair | |
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South Andaman or English South Andaman Island is the southernmost of the three large main islands of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean . Politically, the island belongs to the Indian Andaman and Nicobar Union territory .
geography
South Andaman Island is located immediately south of Middle Andaman Island , from which it is only separated by a strait a few hundred meters wide, and north of Rutland Island . The island is 93 km long, up to 31 km wide and has an area of almost 1348 km². It is less mountainous than the islands in the north of the Andaman Islands and in the Koiob it reaches a height of 456.6 m above sea level. The largest city on the island is Port Blair on the southeast coast with more than 100,000 inhabitants, which is also the capital of the Union Territory. As of the 2001 census, the island had a total of 181,949 inhabitants.
population
On the west coast of South Andaman there are still a few hundred Jarawa , an indigenous Andaman ethnic group who speak a language from the Andaman language group, also called Jarawa . The vast majority of the population, however, are mainly ethnic groups and their descendants who have immigrated from the Indian mainland.
Individual evidence
- ^ South Andaman Island. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Island-wise Statistical Outline, 2008 (English).
- ↑ Andaman Islands . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 1 : A-Androphagi . London 1910, p. 955 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ Statistical Hand Book on Andaman District & Nicobar District 2005-2006 ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair; Table 1.8 Tahsil-wise / Island-wise Population of Inhabited Islands (2001 Census) (sum of 133337 in Tahsil Port Blair and 48612 in Tahsil Ferrargunj)
